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TIL Green Bell Peppers Are Just Unripe Versions Of Red Peppers

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dDV57 TIL that one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce eye strain while working on a computer is to follow the 20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break to look at something 20 feet away.
Yp8lx TIL Lightning is a source of fixed nitrogen, and thus nitrate. Nitrogen in the atmosphere is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between atoms in the N2 molecule. Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond allowing nitrogen atoms to react with oxygen, forming NOx.
VB50D TIL one billion meals are wasted everyday
x69A5 TIL that George Harrison wrote the song "Something" to his wife, Pattie Boyd. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979, who later wrote "Layla" for her
kOK8m TIL the reason why the snowman is abominable, is because of a mistranslation by a journalist. The local name for the creature was "metoh-kangmi" which translates to "man-bear snow-man", but the metoh part was mistranslated as filthy which got later changed to abominable.